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  1. adjective Represented as existing or as being as described but not so proved; supposed.
  2. usage note
    An alleged burglar is someone who has been accused of being a burglar but against whom no charges have been proved. An alleged incident is an event that is said to have taken place but has not yet been verified. In their zeal to protect the rights of the accused, newspapers and law enforcement officials sometimes misuse alleged. Someone arrested for murder may be only an alleged murderer, for example, but is a real, not an alleged, suspect in that his or her status as a suspect is not in doubt. Similarly, if the money from a safe is known to have been stolen and not merely mislaid, then we may safely speak of a theft without having to qualify our description with alleged.

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  • They alleged he received cash and sexual favors in return for his work for Stewart Younan, 28, identified as the alleged ringleader of the criminal syndicate. —  Latest News - UPI.com
  • He is, however, also considering using Parliamentary Privilege to name alleged smugglers. —  Slugger O'Toole
  • He will not be allowed to have any contact with children 16 years and younger and he cannot call the alleged victim or her family.
  • ONH, or people representing them, went into the home of an aging former prisoner and demanded money that they claimed his son (whom they alleged was a drug dealer) had hidden in a chair. —  Slugger O'Toole
  • What was alleged -- and several others in the crowd stated that they had witnessed it as well —  portland indymedia - features
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